snowfall

Two cold storms from the Pacific over the weekend have dumped snow on the Sierra Nevada, causing road closures due to heavy snow and whiteout conditions. I-80 is closed in both directions from Colfax to the state line due to spin outs and zero visibility. Snow is going to continue into the overnight. Get the…

Are you dreaming of a white Christmas? Here’s a handy map. Click it or follow this link to zoom in interactively on your city or town. Minnesota. Maine. Upstate New York. The Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Practically anywhere in Idaho. And of course, the Rockies or the Sierra Nevada Mountains. These are…

From the “snowfalls are a thing of the past” department, comes this bit of news that’s sure to be blamed on “global warming”. Overview The month of December is well underway and there have already been some impressive snow accumulations for the month in such places as the Upper Midwest, western US and, most recently,…

You think we had a bad winter here in the USA? Look at Japan where they have walls of snow 56 feet tall (almost the height of a 6-story building). There’s an avalanche of tourists coming to the Tateyama to see the walls of snow. This spectacular mountain route, reopened on Sunday after being closed…

From the “don’t eat that orange snow” department and the NOAA NPP satellite comes this interesting weather effect. Sahara Sand Dirties Eastern Europe’s Snow This side-by-side comparison from the Suomi NPP polar-orbiting satellite shows snow-covered Eastern Europe before and after a plume of dust from the Sahara Desert blanketed the region over the weekend. In…

From the Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past department and the Finnish Meteorological Institute comes this press release today. Exceptionally large amount of winter snow in Northern Hemisphere this year The new Arctic Now product developed by the Finnish Meteorological Institute shows with one picture the extent of the area in the Northern Hemisphere…

From the “Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past” by climate scientist Dr. David Viner department comes this news from NOAA/NWS: With 156 inches between December 2017 and February 2018, Erie, Pennsylvania, set a new record for most winter snowfall: Via NOAA/NCEI on Twitter 156 inches is 13 feet. The next closest…

While California gets snowed under with up to 8 feet of fresh snow, this study has just been published. Timing is everything. Source: NOHRSC New study: Snowpack levels show dramatic decline in western states OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY CORVALLIS, Ore. – A new study of long-term snow monitoring sites in the western United States found declines…

A snow drought doesn’t just make for a bad ski season. If a snow deficit continues into late winter and spring, it can spell trouble for water managers and communities that depend on melt water to fill reservoirs. In parts of the Rocky Mountains, the early and mid-winter of 2017-2018 failed to deliver much snow.…

Guest essay by Larry Hamlin The record snowfalls of 2018 that are sweeping across the Northern Hemisphere and continuing the growth trend in winter snowfall levels provide yet more compelling evidence that the UN IPCC AR5 WG1 climate report and models are flawed because this report concludes that future snowfall level trends will only decline.…

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